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,LIFE GUARD.

i y appncanqa `niet `(retainer.ie, i922. serial no. 5,514,142.

`To all wim/nz tml/cy concern Be itknown that we, @nannies Fl. Annen` soN and Louis FELDMAN, citizens ot the United States,"residing-at Sioux Falls, in the county of Minnehaha and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new` and :use

:tul Improvements in a Life Guard, oit which the vfollowing is a speoiiication.y

The present invention relates to a guard for vehiclesand especially for automobiles having for its principal object to provide a tender so as to prevent injury to a person with whom a vehicle may collide. i

Another important object of the invention is to provide a guard or tender of this na ture which may be quickly extended to an operative position and when extended will be prevented from retracting accidentally.

Viith the above and numerous other objects in view which will appear' as the description progresses, the invention. residesin certain novel features ol construction, combination and arrangement ot parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings :fi F"gure 1 is a plan view showing the tender in an extended position, Figure 2 is a vertical section taken therethrough substantially on the line 2-2 o'f 30 Fig. 1,

Figure 3 is a detail view showing the manner in which the same is mounted,

Figline 4 is fragmentary detail perspective of thel connection ot two arms used in conjunction with the invention,

Figure 5 is a detail perspective of one end of the rod showing a plate clamped thereto, Figure is a plan view showing,` the liender in a contracted position, and,

Figure 7 is a plan view showing details particularly of members 4 and 17.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that 1 represents the front axle of an automobile which is of conventional con struction and hasjiixed thereto a pair ot plates 2 in spaced relation to each other by the Ufshaped bolts 3. These plates2 extend. i forwardly of the automobile axle 1 and sup port a bar 4 which is provided with slots 5 adjacent its ends. A lazy tong structure yindicated generally at 6 has its inner arms l provided with depending bolts or pins 8 Vwhich engage the bar 4 through `the slots 5. A bumper rod 9 has supported adjacent its ends the plates 10 by means of the clamps 11.

The plates 10 are provided with slots 12 for receiving the boltsor pins 13 ot' the forward 140i? the lazy tong structure 6. A pair of arms larepivoted to the bar 4jas at 16, and a `second pair of arms 17 are pivoted to the arms 115 adjacent theends of the arms 15 as at The 4other ends of the arms 1,7 are pivoted to the intermediate portionsof `the forward arms 14 of .the lazy teils' struc? ture 6. An operatingrod 20icontro`lled by the conveniently positioned lever 21 is piv oted at its ends to a pair otlinlrs 22, the outer ends of which are pivoted to intermediate portions of the arms 15. lt will thus be seen that by ulcruming the lever 21 the lazy tong structure may be extended or 1e tracted as desired through the intcrmediacy of the operating rod 20, links 22 and arms 15 and 17.

A pair of chains or other similar devices 24 are attached at their forward ends to the arms 14, and at their rear ends to the light brackets 25 or any other suitable `portion of the vehicle whereby the tender may be noted that a net 26 is attached to the lazy i tong structure 6 intermediate its ends pret erably by being bolted to the links 27 pro.-

vided at the ends of adjacent arms of the lazy tong structure, and the other end there of istixed to a portion ot the automobile, the rod 28 preferably being provided for this purpose. Thisnet 26,1nay be of any construction desired, such as a mesh or a strap structure.' rlhe purpose of the net 26 is to prevent the head of the victim from coming into contact with the forward portion ot the vehicle when `he iS dumped upon the tender.

Particular attention is called to the construction ofthe operating parts of the device which include the operating bar 20, links 22 and arms 15 and 17. "When the operating bar 20 is moved so as to extend the lazy tong structure it will be noted that this will be` accomplished with great rapidity in action which is necessary for the etlicient opern ation oit a device of this `nature since the parts must vact on the spur of the moment when the operator discovers the danger of colliding with some person. rl`hese parts.` have therefore, been constructed so that a slight movement oi" the lever 21 is suiiicient icc to open the lazy tong structure very quickly.

thereof has merely been shown by way of example and that numerous changes in the details of construction and in the combina tion and arrangement of parts may be re`v sorted to Without departing from the scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.

Having thus fully described our invention what We claim as new is A device of the class described includingl a bar, a bumper rod7 a lazy tong structure disposed between the bumper rod and the bar, an operating rod, a pair of links attached tothe operating rod, a pair of arms pivoted to the bar, a second pair of arms pivoted to the rst mentioned arms intermediate 'their ends and to the arms of the lazy tong structure adj aeent the bumper rod,

CHARLES E. ANDERSON. LOUIS FELDMAN.

Witnesses:

B. 0. STORDAHL, LUCILLE VANDALL. 

